“…A. H. M. Jones noticed the absence of guilds of carders and spinners, although those of fullers and dyers are wellattested. 97 A similar suggestion was made independently by S. Pomeroy in a paper on Xenophon's Oeconomicus and elaborated in her introduction to that work. 98 Pomeroy was arguing against M. I. Finley's minimalist view, echoed by Jones on the Roman Empire, 99 that women's work was for household consumption only.…”